Luke 19:1-6 - Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.
When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today." So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
I wonder if Zacchaeus was what we would call a midget or a dwarf. Or was he just shorter than average?
I wonder if Jesus had met, or at least heard of, him before -- or did he almost knock Zacchaeus out of the sycamore-fig tree by calling him by name? How would you react if someone called you by name out of the blue?
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